Carpet-fastener



(No Model.)

C. L. lVIOLEARY.

GARPBT FASTBNBB.

No. 397,598. 1 Patented Feb. 12, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE,

fARSON L. MCCLEARY, OF JERUSALEM, OIIIO.

CARPET- FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,598, dated February12, 1889.

Application filed October 3, 1888. Serial No. 287,101. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern.-

Beit known that I, CARSON L. MCCLEARY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jerusalem, in the county of Honroe and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet Binders andFasteners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription ot the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, :reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. y

This invention relates to means for binding carpets and securing them tothe floor.

The object of. the invention is to provide a simple means for bindingthe edges of a carpet, and which will at the same time furnish a readymeans for securing the carpet to the iioor and a molding for thesub-base of the room.

The improvement consists in a strip or molding having one or morelongitudinal grooves or channels in its side to receive the carpet, andhaving bearing-faces on each side of the said grooves or channels andcorresponding` binding-strips, which are adapted to be inserted in thesaid grooves or channels to clamp the carpet and come iiush with thesaid grooved side of the strip, the carpet being held between the sidesof the grooves and the sides ol' the binding-strip and between the iloor and the bearing-faces.

The improvement consists ol' the novel Features, which will beheieinafter more t'ull y described and claimed, and shown in theaccompanyin g drawings, in which- Figure l is a section of one edge of acarpet, showing the application of my invention; Fig. 2, a modication,and Fig. 3 a still further modification. i

In Fig. l the strip or molding A has but one groove or channel, a, inits side, in which the carpet C is fitted and held by a singlebinding-strip, B, which is forced in the said groove or channel toclam-p the carpet between its sides and the walls of the groove orchannel. The bearing-faces a. on each side of the groove or channel CLpress upon and hold the carpet between them and the Iioor.

In Fig. 3 Jthe strip or molding D has two grooves or channels, d and d',and is provided with two binding-strips, E and E', which clamp j thecarpet F between them and the walls of u the said grooves or channels.The bearing- 'faces are increased by this construction, there beingthree, e, e', and e?.

Fig. 2 shows a strip of metal, G, having its middle portion deflectedbetween its edges to form the channel g, the carpet H being clampedbetween the walls of the said channel g-and the binding-strip I. Theedges of the strip form bearing-faces 'i and i', which rest upon andhold the carpet in place. y

In binding the carpet with any oi the abovedescribed devices care shouldbe taken to have them parallel with the woot or the weft threads of thecarpet, because when the'carpet is stretched it will be subject to aneven tension and the patterns will not be distorted. 'lhe carpet isfastened to the floor by nailing the binding-strips thereto, as will bereadily understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Leiters Patent, 1s-

for carpets, composed ot' a strip having a groove or channel in .itsLinder side and having bearing-faces on each side of the said groove orchannel to rest upon and clamp the carpet between them and the Hoor, anda binding-strip adapted to be inserted in the said groove or channel andcome tlnsh with the said bearingfaces and clamp the carpet between itand the walls of the said groove or channel, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my sign atnre in, presence ot' twowitnesses.

TARSON Il. MCCIIEARY. XVitnesses:

W. Anl-loWELL, JAMEs TAGGART.

The herein-deseribed binder and fastener

